linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] acpi: semaphore removal

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Message-ID: <20080826191335.GE23698@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:13:35 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] acpi: semaphore removal

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:59:49AM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> The semaphore usage in ACPI is more like completions. The ASL

Huh?  They are semaphores.  They're not 'more like completions' at all.

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Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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